Unable to connect debugger to Jelly Bean Galaxy Nexus

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Matthew Runo picture Matthew Runo · Jul 6, 2012 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

We have a Jelly Bean Galaxy Nexus from Google IO, and have all the latest updates to the Android SDK installed - but we are unable to use USB Debugging on the device from Intellij IDEA.

We set our project to compile using the 4.1 SDK, etc.. no luck. Does anyone know how to get USB debugging working on the new Jelly Bean Galaxy Nexus?

(edit) This is being tried from a Mac running OS X 10.7.4 - so in theory drivers should not be an issue?

Answer

pwlars picture pwlars · Nov 16, 2012

Latest android seems to hide the developer menu in settings, here's the game you have to play to get it back:

  1. Settings->About phone
  2. scroll down to the bottom until you see Build number
  3. click on Build number 7 times

You are now a developer. Go back to the main settings menu and you'll have the developer menu again

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